The NHS and other public sector organisations need to improve their cybersecurity processes—and fast […]
Erik Silfversten: The WannaCry cyber attack could be the first of many if the NHS takes no action
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Return failing drug and alcohol detoxification services to NHS control
We must draw attention to the evisceration of a previously well-functioning addiction treatment system […]
Nishma Manek and David Haslam: Denigration of general practice is still rife
We must confront systematic denigration within medical training, and foster mutual respect between specialties […]
Anita Charlesworth: The NHS can’t continue to live in this hand to mouth way
It’s a topsy, turvy world—Phil Hammond delivered his autumn budget, the first after the general election, and announced some of the starkest economic news for years. Ten years after the financial crisis the annual average rate of productivity growth for the last decade was the lowest since the Napoleonic war. The government’s official economic forecaster—the […]
Rebecca Rosen: GP at Hand and disruptive innovation in general practice provision
The launch of GP at Hand has triggered a mass of Twitter activity, much of which has focused on how much to pay for this tech-driven new service, given that GP at Hand suggest, at the NHS’s request, that a variety of patient groups with complex needs may be less appropriate for this service. There […]
Primary healthcare, disruptive innovation, and the digital gold rush
We want innovation to improve our patients’ lives and protect their safety […]
Miranda Cole: Broad based training demonstrates a way to provide outstanding care for complex patients
It’s November, Foundation Year 2. You’ve just survived your first year as a doctor, and all the career guidance that your pot-luck mixture of foundation posts have provided you with is that surgery isn’t for you. It’s night three of four shifts, and in a rare moment of calm, you have the realisation that the […]
Jeremy Hunt must consult properly on accountable care organisations
“Grave concern” over plans to allow US-style bodies to operate in the NHS […]
Florence Wilcock: Sometimes we need to “break the rules” to improve healthcare
To truly understand and improve outcomes, we will need to be brave […]
Roghieh Dehghan: A migrant GP on upfront NHS charges
In post-referendum Britain, the policy of charging overseas visitors upfront further alienates healthcare staff in the NHS […]